Grip-handle for car-seats.



F. BENNETT.

GRIP HANDLE FOR GAR SEATS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. 1912.

1, 1 1 3,403. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PhvfU-LITHQ. WISHINGTUN D, C.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE;

FREDERICK BENNETT, OF RA'VENSWOOD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WALKER AND BENNETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION 01? NEVJ' YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application filed April 9, 1912. Serial No. 689,624.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ravenswood, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grip-Handles for Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in grip handles for car seats.

The object of the invention is to provide a grip handle that will embody such con struction as will prevent a person from insorting the hand through thehandle.

It consists in the main, of providing a handle adapted to be attached to the corner of the seat back, by suitable straps, and providing the grip portion proper with a web, which will engage the finger ends and prevent the hand from being inserted into the grip to any considerable extent.

The invention has for a further object, to provide a grip handle that will embody a construction which, when applied to the seat back, will not necessitate the cutting away, to any considerable extent, of the frame members of the seat, thus providing long abutting surfaces for the frame members of the seat and thereby greatly strengthening the structure.

Referring to the drawingsFigure 1 is a side View showing the grip handle applied to the seat back, and Fig. 2 is a cross section on line a-a of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the loop which carries its Width to the ends 2. The ends of the loop are rounding as contradistinguished from sharp angles, so that the fingers will not be pinched or cramped when the grip is grasped near the ends. The loop is further preferably curved on an are, so that it may extend around the corner of the frame 3 of the seat, and the loop proper is seated in the ver tical member 4 of the frame, thus obviating the necessity of cutting away the horizontal member 5 of the seat back. The loop is provided preferably integrally at each end, with straps 6 adapted for attachment to the members of the frame.

The straps 6 may be of any desired width to give them proper bearing on the members, of the seat frame, and the loop portion of the grip may be of any desired or appropriate width, and is wide enough to leave considerable space on each side of a web 7 which is made integral with the grip. This web will obviously prevent a person from inserting more than the fingers into the loop or in other words, the web prevents the insertion of the hand through the grip, to an extent which would be likely to cause the hand to be wrenched upon the sudden stoppage of the car, or a panic or rush, or any such emergency.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is v A corner grip for the back of a car seat, consisting of a base portion secured to the back of a seat, a solid web projecting from the base portion and a grip section wider than the web.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK BENNETT.

Witnesses:

JAMES P. EADIE, CLARENCE E. REA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

